Tag: Prime Minister Liz Truss
World
Liz Truss agreed to mini-budget U-turns over weekend, Downing Street confirms
Liz Truss agreed to Jeremy Hunt tearing up her mini-budget during a meeting over the weekend.The prime minister's official spokesman said: "The chancellor and...
World
The pound surges as the chancellor moves to calm markets
On Monday, the pound gained and government borrowing costs fell as investors welcomed the news that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is speeding up tax and...
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The government is behind Liz Truss, says Treasury minister
Andrew Griffith told Sky News that Liz Truss still has the support of her government despite troubling economic turmoil.The Financial Secretary to the Treasury...
World
‘We are going to do things differently,’ PM declares
Prime Minister Liz Truss has released a comment piece she wrote for The Sun on Sunday, in which she calls it a "wrench" that...
Business
Kwasi Kwarteng out, Jeremy Hunt in: Meet the newly appointed UK finance minister
Under Prime Minister Liz Truss, there was a change in a significant position of the British government on Friday, October 14, 2022.Following repercussions from...
Features
Be in no doubt, the prime minister is in deep trouble
In an excruciating news conference - so short the gathered political press pack was left open-mouthed as she departed - Liz Truss made her...
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Ian Blackford: Tory PMs have ‘collectively got us into this mess’
After Kwasi Kwarteng was ousted as chancellor on Friday, the SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford stated Tory prime leaders since 2010 have "collectively got...
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A prominent Tory MP vindicated from ‘naughty step’
Former defence minister Tobias Ellwood has hailed Jeremy Hunt's appointment as chancellor as a "wise inclusion."The influential Tory MP appears to have regained his...
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Labour: Kwarteng was a Truss ally, not a “rogue chancellor”
Labour politicians have been lining up to criticise the prime minister today, claiming Liz Truss has harmed the economy.Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has followed...
Features
‘Trussonomics’ is no more
Just three weeks after the phrase was coined, so-called Trussonomics is no more.
Liz Truss's ambitious plan for a high-growth, high-wage, low-tax economy didn't even...